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Patented Nov26,1912.

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W. V. LEAR. WRINGER SUPPGRT.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 11., 1912.

1,045,302. Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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WILLIAI V. LELE, 0F AURORA, HISSOUB-I.

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Specacation of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov. 26, 1912.

Application led January 11, 1912. Serial lo. 670,662.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, WrLnLut V. Lma, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Lawrence and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wringer-Supports; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wringers, and more particularly it is an attachment applicable to washing machines of various types and to wash benches of that type which can carry both a rinsing tub and a clothes basket; and the object of the same is to produce an attachment of this character whose wringer supporting bar is pivotally mounted so that it may be turned aside to move the ver from one position to another withoutanging the position of the washing machine or the bench. These objects are carried out by the specific construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein- Figure lisa planviewofa washingmachine and a wash bench, with my attachment in place and pivoted to the former, showing the wringer in lines as standing in one position and m dotted hnes in another; and Fig. 2 is a slightly enlarged side elevation of portions o the machine and the bench, showing the and my attachment in end elevation in lines in one position, and in side elevation in dotted lines in another position. Fig. 3 is a :front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the upper edge of the body or tub of a washing machine. illustrating the manner of securing my attachment thereto; and Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the various parts of the attachment itself removed from the tub shown in Fig. 4 and inverted. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of the catch on the bench.

In the drawings any ordinary type of w machine M is illusrtated ashavinga round tub or body T, the letter B designates a bench two spaced uprights U which rise above its to which usually sup portsatub containing erinsingwaterand a cloth basket, both of which are omitted in the drawings; and the letter W designates awringerofanyordinarytype. Itisthe purpose of the present invention to provide a support for this wringer having parts whereby it may be attached to a roundbodied washing machine in such position as to stand between said machine and one end of the bench so that the clothes as they are washed may be passed through the and into the tub containing the rinsing water; and the support is ermore pivotally mounted in such manner that it may be swug outward to the position indicated in dott lines in Figs. 1 and 2 when it will stand across the body of the bench between its two uprights U, after which the clothes may be taken out of the rinsing tub and paed through the wrin into the clothes basket whence they be removed for ha3 vgithelineinotileusualmanner.

f ount on an upri t supporting pivot bolt 1 is one end of a lat base 2 which may well be a piece of board, and rigidly rising from said base are two spaced uprights 3 connected by the supportproper 4 which is a bar of wood or the like ofuproper dimensions to permit the feet of e wringer W to be attached thereto in the usual manner. The cp 'te end of the base 2 is detachably engag beneath the free end of a spring catch 5, and as the ivot- 1 and catch 5 are carried by the machine M the bar 4 extends along above the top of the same and at one side thereof as seen in Fig.. L

In the use of this attachment the bench B bro'ht up to a int adjacent the machine as seen in lgs. 1 and 3, and preferably held there in any suitable manner withtheu rightsUinsuchpositiont-hat when the end of the base- 2 is disen- :from the catch 5 it maybe e aside to the position indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, when it will over the innermost upright and its outer end will engage another catch 6 carried by the outermost upright, and whose construction is best seeninFig.6. Thatistosay,thetongueis made of spring metal with a beveled tip 7, and its body is attached to a metal bracket 8 preferably composed of strap iron and having ears 9 pierced with openings 10 through which proper fastening devices are paed so that the bracketis connected with the outermost upright U of the bench B at a proper height. The bracket 8 also has u per and lower lips 11 and 12 between whi thefreeextremityofthebaseQmovesasit is turned aside, and the body of the catch 6 b v preference lies over the uxper li 11.

Securedtotheoutersideof einbl'aIby screwsorboltsEOprojectingthroughits edge are the curved feet 21 of two brackets, each having an angle 2:? in its body and an outstanding straight arm :23 pierced .with holes whereof there are several as shown at 24 in the arm of one of the brackets Coact-ing with these members is an L-shaped piece whose shank 33 is pierced with a number of holes 3i near one end, and bent at a right angle at 3?. at its other end into a foot 31 which also has a number of holes 30. Coacting in turn with the L-shaped member is a right-angular member having arms 35 and 36 of equal length.- both pierced with holes 3T. This set of parts is completed by two triangular members, whereof that numbered 39 is preferably of wood and that numbered 40 may be stumped or casi' from metal and has a dat portion -Ll ierced with a hole 42, and a right-angular nge depending from the edges of said ilatportion and pierced with holes 4T.

In asembling the parts just described, and which are shown disaembled in Fig. 5, they are brought together asbest seen in F ig. 4. The foot of the L-shaped member passes inside the arm 23 of one bracket, and the right-angular member pases outside the shank of said L-shaped member and outside the arm 23 of the other bracket, the holes 24 therein and the holes 30 in said foot pennitting the shank 33 to be adjusted outward :from the tub T until itshall extend straight acro the side of the same and mav be bolted memo as at 5o in Fig. 4, and the holes 34: in said shank the L- shaped and right-angular members to be adjusted longitudinally upon each other to adapt the device to a tub T of considerable size. The r members 39 and 40 are then insertedbehnd the shank of the L- shaped member and bolted thereto as at 51 and 5:?, the bolts 51 preferably paming clear through the wooden-member 39 as indicated in dotted lines and the bolt 52 e aging one of .thlcee holes in lie flange 45 o the metal mem r-l0. e e dm,`v;ange9'ofthe bracket th Uthdxmf'h cate islaid againstearm36o tengh t- Univar member outside of the arm 23 of tllildelefthand bracket, and bolts 53 are paed these three members. Finally the pivot bolt 1 is through the hole 42 in the flat portion of the filling member so as toconnectthebasewiththestructurejust described, and-when the bench B isbronght Into position-the entire device is ready to receivethe wringerwasbtseeninFigs. 1 @nu a. y

Innse,theclothesastheyaretakenfrom theu'ashing machine are paed through the wnngcr into a tub containing water ,and which erably stands on the aft end ofthebenrnasshown in Fig. 3. When |this tub has become reasonably filled, the outer end of the base 2 is disconnected from g the catch 5 and swung around to the tion shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, u' ere it will be engaged under the catch 6 as explained? after which the clothes vn'll be taken from the rinsing Water and passed again through the wrmger into a clothes basket which will rest upon the right end of the bench B. If al1 this occur in a laundry Where there are two or more ple employed, it is quite poible that one operator may be running the .washinv machine while the clothes are be' pa from the rinsing water into the sket by a second operator, and thus no time is lost. Money 1s saved also, because bv the use of this attachment only a sing e wringer is needed. Space is also sited by the use of this attachment, because it is neceary that the bench and machine stand close together as shown. Finally. time is also saved because the rincing Water is near the washing machine and the basket is of neceitv brought em ty to these elements when it 'is to be ll and therefore there is no v the clothes around the laundry. Thusit beseen that my machine effects a saving in quite a number of ways, and as its cost is trivial the advantage of its use is obvious I do not limit myself to the sizes, shapes, proportions and materials of parts, and changes in details may be made as come within the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed as new is:

A wringer support for washing machine tubs comprising a pair of brackets having curved feet at one end and straight arms at the other, an L-shaped member whose foot contacts with one of slid arms, a right-angular member whose arms contact respectively `with the other of said arms and with the remote end of the shank of the L- sha member, substantially triangular filling blocks disposed the angles of said bent members, means for adjustably connecting all of said parts and for attaching them to the tub, the wrnger-support proper piroted at one end to one of said q' blocks, a catch for the opposite end of sai support secured adjacent the other block, an upright supported independently of the washing machine tub, and a second catch arrliled on said upright.= for the purpose set ort In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM V. LEAR. ivitnses:

F. R. Cunrr, H. L. Davis.

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